Fix for ASUS N61JQ not working in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10

I’d previously upgraded this laptop to Windows 8.1 and had to roll-back to Windows 7 due to consistent freezes during boot and at the login screen, this persisted even in Safe Mode (with Networking) but I never isolated the issue so back to Windows 7 Home Premium it went.

Roll forward to 2015 and I tried again. After using the Windows 10 updater to migrate my existing Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 10 Home everything seemed well, this experience continued for several weeks till the laptop would no longer boot up and then started exhibiting the same consistent freezes during boot and at the login screen.

Initially I thought the webcam drivers were responsible so disabled the device in Safe Mode and boot up started working, I now understand that both the webcam and wireless network adapter drivers were suspect.

Here’s how I got my ASUS N61Jq working with Windows 10 Home:

Disable the on-board webcam (it’s upside down by default since ASUS stopped issuing patched webcam drivers so plug in a USB webcam)

Thank you for your post. I also have n61jq and been living same problem like all other n61jq users. I’ve been thinking that the problem is only caused by AMD driver. I tried disabling webcam from devic manager. If it is the solution, you will save my life. 🙂
I wonder that have you ever tried “amd-catalyst-15.7.1-win10-64bit.exe” and had any problem with it?